Family & Personal Life

When you meet Hugh Nelson, owner of Kingdom Builders in Nashville, his passion for serving others becomes immediately clear. Though he has spent the past two decades in residential construction, Hugh’s volunteer story began long before his life on job sites. In the mid-90s, while serving on the midnight shift with the Metro Nashville Police Department, Hugh and his wife packed sandwiches on Christmas Eve and handed them out from the back of his patrol...

Grief is a journey no one should walk alone—and thanks to Roberta’s House, many don’t have to. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Roberta’s House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free, compassionate support to children, families, and communities coping with loss, trauma, and homicide. Their mission is simple yet profound: to restore hope and promote healing through grief education and peer support. Founded in memory of Roberta Lee Brown, a beloved mother and community...

Most of us experience loss. Some experience it more often than others. Sometimes the reason for each loss is explained, such as cancer, while other times the loss is surprising, mysterious, or simply not understood. Regardless, we must process the loss to live our new normal. For those of us who are lucky enough to find Roberta’s House, Cylinda Smith is one of their volunteers who walks with us through our grief journey. Cylinda is...

Written by: Terri Seydel It was an elementary holiday event that sparked an interest in her to help children in need. In 4th grade, Taylor Rowe and her classmates enlisted in the Salvation Army Angel program which pairs people with a child in need. She was excited to participate but surprised to learn this would likely be the only gift that these children received. Up until this point, Taylor hadn’t realized ‘some children didn’t get...